I have been working as a photographer for museums and galleries since 2012, having captured well over a million images of cultural material to help burst open access to museum collections for people around the globe who have access to the internet.

I was looking through my own wedding photos one evening this year because it was such a proud, pivotal day in my life. However, I did not use the services of a wedding photographer because, at the end of the day, other people can take photos right? That was coming from the mind of a professional photographer! My dad who has always been around video cameras also came and offered to shoot for us so I thought I had all bases covered, and the money saved could go towards our honeymoon.

However, despite having a beautiful honeymoon we missed out on a wedding photographer and it was that evening I realised this was the missing element from our wedding. I have a diverse range of images which have inconsistent lighting, composition and which are totally ad hoc. I maintain it was a good decision to have images taken by friends and family however I do wish I had employed the services of a wedding photographer as the primary recorder of our day, especially when I had 5 years photography experience in 2017 when I married! I really sold my own profession short when I thought people could take a photo. I will feature in a future blog some of the shockers!

It was that evening I decided that I wanted to branch out my photography skills into event and wedding photography so the first step was to ditch my old trusty Canon G1X Bridge camera, one that is basically between a point and shoot and a fully fledged DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) and obtain a DSLR which gives me far more versatility and control when building photographs.